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Lexi Churchill

Research Reporter, ProPublica/Texas Tribune Investigative Initiative

ProPublica and The Texas Tribune

Lexi Churchill is a research reporter for the ProPublica-Texas Tribune Investigative Initiative. Before joining ProPublica, Lexi interned at CNBC, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Columbia Daily Tribune, and KCUR 89.3, Kansas City’s NPR affiliate. Her reporting on the University of Missouri’s Title IX appeals process won the GateHouse Public Service Award for 2018. Lexi graduated from Mizzou in 2019 with a degree in investigative convergence journalism.

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lexi.churchill@propublica.org

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https://www.propublica.org/people/lexi-churchill

Stories from Lexi Churchill

The American flag and Texas state flag fly at half-staff in Texas.
Article
Uvalde City Officials Release Dozens of Missing Videos From Officers Responding to Robb Elementary Massacre
The new material largely affirms prior reporting by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and FRONTLINE detailing law enforcement’s failures to engage the teen shooter who killed 19 children and two teachers in 2022.
October 9, 2024
Law enforcement stand in a circle wearing bulletproof vests near a fenced in building.
Article
Uvalde City Officials Release Shooting Records That Provide New Details, Reaffirm Previous Reporting
The release is the first major disclosure of documents by a government agency involved in the flawed response to the deadliest school shooting in Texas history, and it comes after a yearslong legal battle involving nearly two dozen news outlets.
August 11, 2024
A row of white crosses on a lawn with names written on them and flowers, hearts, stuffed toys and photos gathered around them.
Article
Check Your State: Here Are the Active Shooter Training Requirements for Schools and Law Enforcement
No states mandate annual active shooter training for police officers, according to an analysis by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and FRONTLINE. In comparison, at least 37 states require such training in schools, typically on a yearly basis.
February 8, 2024
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland stands behind a Department of Justice podium, flanked by two other people.
Article
DOJ Blasts Law Enforcement’s Uvalde Shooting Response in New Report, Calls for Agencies to Prioritize Training
In a long-awaited report, the Justice Department found widespread failures in the official response to the 2022 shooting. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said that had officers followed accepted practices, “lives would have been saved.”
January 19, 2024
A collage of six covers of reports.
Article
Reports Analyzing the Police Response to a Mass Shooting Can Leave Unanswered Questions — if They’re Released at All
Even if an after-action investigation is released, a lack of national standards leads to wide variability in the detail of information in reports, ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and FRONTLINE found.
December 27, 2023
A collage of two photos that show law enforcement waiting outside Robb Elementary School and the inside of a classroom.
Article
“Someone Tell Me What to Do”
Across the country, states require more training to prepare students and teachers for mass shootings than for those expected to protect them. The differences were clear in Uvalde, where children and officers waited on opposite sides of the door.
December 5, 2023

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